Black and white postcard from approximately 1907 depicting the Ross Bros. Mill, Electric Light Plant and Water Works in Beaverton, Michigan. The Ross Bros. Mill - a "sapless paving block mill", was established in 1890, and was located at the convergence of the Tobacco River and the Cedar River/ It was this mill that marked the founding of the town, which was later named Beaverton. The railroad tracks in the image belong to the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad, which connected Coleman to the Ross Mill.